Child Speech-Language Development

Child Speech and Language Development.

Watching your child develop their speech and language skills is an exciting time for parents. Most children develop speech, language and social skills naturally during the first few years of life. As parents it is important to remember that these first few years are vital and there is a lot you can do to help develop these skills and put in place many crucial building blocks for the future.

The following sections contain lots of ideas and activities to help you develop your child’s speech, language and communication.

Communication Milestones

This section will give you a breakdown of development for the first 7 years of the child’s life and chart the stages of development. There will be a focus on speech and language development, as well as a focus on social skills and motor development. Click here to go to the Milestones Section.

The Early Years

This section focuses on the importance of play in the early years and how we can use play situations to create great language learning opportunities. We also look at the importance of the communicative environment (promoting a positive, language rich, learning environment), and talk about how you can use and change your everyday environment to make it a rich playground for language learning and development. Click here to go to the Early Years Section.

Child Speech and Language Milestones The rate at which children reach their speech and language milestones, depends on each individual, their genes and the environment that they grow up in. Some children will reach certain developmental milestones quicker than others, and some children will be slow to develop certain speech and language skills compared …

Develop your Child’s Speech and Language Skills It is not hard to develop your child’s speech and language skills. The early years of a child’s life are key to the development of their speech, language and cognitive skills. For this reason it is important to give them all the stimulation, positive role modeling …

Top ten activities for developing and improving your child’s speech and language skills There are many simple activities that you can do with your child to develop their speech and language skills. 1. Be a good model – speak clearly and slowly and face your child when speaking. If your child says a word or …